In what will come across as a really heartbreaking development, twin sisters have died on their birthday.
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The two sisters reportedly died in their room at Asafo, Kumasi in the Ashanti region of Ghana after a medicine meant to kill bedbugs ended up killing them.
According to Adom News, the unfortunate incident was said to have happened last Friday which was supposed to be their birthday.
An aunty to the deceased children whose name was only given as Naana narrating the incident to Adom News said, for the past years residents leaving in the area have had sleepless night as a result of outbreak of bedbugs also known as ‘bomb’ in the area.
In a bid to kill the bedbugs which have invaded their homes, residents embarked on a spraying exercise to get rid of the bedbugs.
According to Naana, the girls sprayed her room including children’s room in the morning in a bid to get the bedbugs out of the room and opened the doors for proper ventilation till evening when they went back to sleep.
However, the twins who were very energetic in the evening were found unconscious on their bed the following day.
They are said to have inhaled too much of the toxic substance.
A distraught Naana said the 15 year-old twins who took part in the just ended Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) were immediately rushed to the hospital only to be pronounced dead on arrival.